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    It is not the case that If blameworthiness can precede full agency, then agency is neither necessary nor sufficient for blameworthiness, undermining the claim's conditional framing entirely.

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    • 1.The claim confuses 'precede' (temporal ordering) with 'independence.' Early blame may still require minimal agency levels to be justified.
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    • 2.Showing blameworthiness doesn't require *full* agency doesn't undermine the conditional—it only requires some meaningful agency threshold.
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    • 3.The argument equivocates on 'necessary': agency may not be sufficient alone but remain necessary as one required component among others.
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    • 1.Children can be blamed for actions before developing full rational agency, showing blameworthiness doesn't require complete agency.
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    • 2.If agency were necessary for blame, we couldn't justify holding anyone accountable until mature rationality develops—an absurd result.
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    • 3.The conditional assumes agency is a threshold condition, but partial agency with sufficient understanding may suffice for blame.
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